Mobile CommunicationsLaajuus (4 ECTS)

Objective

Student gets basic understanding about wireless communications networks and their operation. He/she knows fundamental limitations for wireless information transmission and characteristics of wireless transmission channels.

Student will be able to estimate feasibility of wireless transmission methods, systems and media for a given communication demand.

Content

• Impact of distance and frequency to radio wave attenuation
• Theoretical maximum data rate over a channel with given bandwidth and signal-to-noise ratio
• Overwiev of wiress communications and their applications
• sensor networks
• WLAN
• Cellular system generations
• GSM/DCS1800 network architecture and operation principles
• GSM/DCS1800 data services, GPRS and EDGE
• Cordless telephones (DECT) and Bluetooth applications and characteristics
• Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) networks and TETRA
• UMTS/IMT2000 and future mobile communication systems
• Operation principle of spread spectrum systems, such as CDMA

Qualifications

Telecommunications

Further information

Class room teaching: 49 h
Project: 15 h
Exam: 3h
Student individual workload: 40 h
Total: 107 h
Follow-up of the student workload analysis is performed: -